Superheating mechanism for automobiles.



l. D. RUSS. SUPERHATING MECHANISM FOR AUTOMOBILES,"

APPLICATION FILED Nov. I4. 19.15.

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Application 'Filed November 14;, y.i' Serial No. 131,321.

Another more importent object' ot the iilvention is to provide meansfoi' keeping free from ce1-bon the engines oi? automobiles.

Another more important object is to in@ vide novel means for heating thelow-,siede gesoiezoe, or othe 10W-grade. iiquid iueis causing rapidvepoiizstion thereof.

Subsidiary objects will appear as the specification proceeds and thenature of 'the invention more fully ep'pesirs.

In the accompanying; (ira-wing, lieve shown, as en iiius'trzition, oneform et em. bodimeut o1" my inventive idees Capable olf carrying; outthe underlying; 'prineipies thei'eof. The dierent iigures ei the dre-wimgy may be biieiy described es foiiows:

Figure l is e side eievetion ofi' n emite inobie engine and associatedparte, siiewingy; the eppiieetion of my invention thereto;

2 `is e fragmentary detail View, ilo eeu'tz'ei Jei'tioei section, of thesupeiiheatei;

3 isV e frelemeutery detail View,v side eev'etion, of the Vsive in thepipe ieeri iiigvfiom the radiator to the superheeter.

Referiiiig.I new, in detail to the drawing:

l and esifgnete, Tespeetiveijy, the intake mici exhaust manifolds of theengine, auf?. 3 tiie rediatoix The siiieriieetei comprises, preferably;e. cylindrical siieii oi body i etemeiiy thi-ee et?. tov/*aid one @mithereof. es et 5, so het t i mais? 'be s z'eweoci into, and thus bepositions@ hin, the exhaust meiioi :is siievm .iii li. The shell Toesexpande@ bese having diareetrieeijy-oppositeK externaEy-tiireede sidenipples Z and 8 am?. an exi-ei, eKternaiiythreee nipple 9. The sheii isoios'ev et the end l0 which is opper site the threaded end "Within theis e concentric tube 1L. theV side 'weil Vof l which is' speee the sirioWeit of "the fi ei'i e, the eee. 11'" of? the tube keine", 'i t 'se Si@the steam oi" vapor 't1 l2 extends tiiiwugh the basel. portion 3.ietweeiirtiie uoe Iii :1"-i the simil it is' thus termed. s supei'uent1,15 chamber L2, couiiuuiiioatiug', one euda with theA operi eiui ll' ofthe tube il and, et its other end, with ports 13, ist exteiufiinggjthrough the Hippies 7 8, i'eSpeCiVQiY, und through the bussi portion o'.

Coupled to the nipple i) by means of u, coupling l5 is :i pipe 16. theotheil end oit which communicates with 'the intake-maui- ;toih es shownin Fig'. i..

Coupled to the nipple 'i' by means of :i 'coul is pipe lhV the otherenel oi which .ppefi into the toil of the radiator 3. above ,fuewater-level therein.

Coupiec'i to the nipple 8 by menus of n, cou ii is pipe Q0 lending? fiomthe (not showing).

,tu the pipe 1S is u. mtime-raising 2l, iii

e. valve open g by suction iii tiie s of :i spring f 'e is 'providedwith :i waive-stem 24C. in operation7 fuel 'from the teils. is ili'uwuer Lif, which, bei the exhaust eauifoid l., iiiggiiiy heats the i'uei.causing; it 'te veoorif/Je Digi Simultsue ii@ the suotake., vapo??sie-em. from the toa' is ("Juwu through pipe iseetei i, i'e it is super-A ue su oeiriiez ed ituei mui the superiieateci are both gii'ewiiaioolii through the tube ii-.giiid tiii'oii, ii the pipe i@ into theiutA ie-nuiiiioid i.

will be noted that, the' hot vapor is sucked out oi the toi; of thei'fidinoi' 3, as described, there wiii been iiii'usiu itt' @oid sii tothe idiator thfoiigii the overfiow pipe. thereof. thus ixieintfiioiug;'fie wete in the ifmiisu'oiz* eooiei than it otherwise would be. it wiltalso be obsei'ved that.. by .taking7 seribef'i. sud simeweetiiig it iuthe supe?- iieetere, and tzofueiiig: it into the engineojfiioder, thissupeiiieetec seeks into and softe carbon, ',ii'ie 'Home out ust. thusthe engine .JIM

construction, and efiieient inoperation; it needs no attention when onceinstalled; it saves oil and gasolene by running the engine cooler andkeeping it clean of carbon; it needs no extra water supply; it takesnone of the water of the radiator until it is converted into steam; itpermits superheated steam, not water, to be taken into the engine; itcauses an inrush of cold air into the radiator all the, time the engineis running; and by its use low-grzule fuels may be used.

lt will be obvious, of course, that 'the device may be used only tosuperheat the fuel entering the superheater 4: through pipe 2() leading'l'rom the -liuel-tanlg-in which ease, the pipe '18 would be dispensedwith aud the nipple. T plugged; or it may be used only to superheat thevapor or steam drawn from the top of the radiator through the pipe 1Sinto the. superheater,--in which case, the pipe 2() would be dispensedwith and the nipple S plugged.

lt will be understood that departures from the physical embodimentshown, within the terms of the appended claims, may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, and that all suoli changesfall within the purview of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l. claim as new anddesire to secure by lietters-lhitent of the United States is:

l. lu an automobile,v the combination, with the intake and exhaustmanifolds of the engine, of a superheater, comprising a hollow bodyprojecting into the exhaust-manifoldand closed at the end thereofinterior of the exliaustmianifold, and an open-ended tube carried withinsaid body and spaced from the side wall and said closed end thereof,forming a superhcating chamber between said tube and said bodycommunicating with the tube adjacent said closed end of the body; aradiator; a pipe communicating with said chamber and with said radiator,above the water-level thereof; and a second pipe comnnlnicating withsaid tube and with Said intake-manifold.

2. In an automobile, the combination, with the intake and exhaustmanifolds of the engine, of a superheater, comprising a hollowbody'serewed into the exhaustmanifold so as to be disposed therein, andbeing closed at the end thereof interior of the exhaust-manifold, and anopen-ended tube carried within said body and spaced .from the side walland said closed end thereof, forming a superheating chamber between saidtube and said body communicating with the tube adjacent said closed endof the. body; a I-adiator; a pipe communicating With said chamber andwith said radiator, above the water-level thereof; and a seeondpipecommunicating with said tube andvwith said" intake-manifold.

3. In| an automobile, the' combination, with the intakeand exhaustmanifolds of the engine, of a superheater, comprising a hollow bodyprojecting into the exhaustmanifold and closed at the end thereof interior of the exhaust-manifold, and an open ended tube carried within saidbody and spaced from the side Wall and said closed end thereof, forminga superheating chamber between said tube and said body communicatingwith the tube adjacent said closed end of the body; a radiator; a pipecommuni ating with said chamber and with said radiator, above thewater-level thereof, and carrying a suctionfopening valve; and a secondpipe communicating with said tube and with ,said intake-manifold. f

4. In an automobile, the combination, with' the intake and exhaustmanifolds of the en-.

gine, of a superheater, comprising a hollow body projecting into theexhaust-manifold and yclosed at the end thereof interior oftheexhaust-manifold, and an open-ended tube carried within said body andAspaced from the side wall and said closed end thereof, forming asuperheating chamber between said tube and said body communicating withthe tube adjacent said closed end of the body; a source of supply ofliquid fuel; a pipe communicating with said source of supply and withsaid chamber; and a second pipe communicating with said tube and withsaid intake-manifold.

5. In an automobile, the eombinatioinwith the intake and Iexhaustmanifolds of the engine, of a superheater, comprising a hollow bodyprojecting into the exhaust-manifold and closed at the end thereofinterior of the exhaust-manifold, and an open-ended tube carried withinsaid body and spaced from the side wall andsaid closed end thereof,forming a superheating chamber between said tube and said bodycommunicating with the tube adjacent said closed end of the body; aradiator; a pipe communicating with said chamber and with said radiator,above the watcr-level thereof; a second pipe communicating with saidtube and with said intake-manifold; a source of liquid-fuel sup-l ply;and athird pipe communicating with said source of supply and with saidchamber.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses. f

JOHN D. RUSS.

Witnesses:

G. W. ROBERTS, E. E. KIRsH.

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